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Yacht Anyone?

2011-05-26T10:58:00.003+03:00

Discover the secrets of Kuwaiti's beaches and islands.

Our crewed luxury charter yachts are ready to take you as far as your imagination can go ……

Fun days out : half day, full day, or weekend
Sea trips to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, ….or anywhere you desire
Special occasions : lunch/dinner along the coast, weddings/anniversaries/birthdays
VIP invitations : an unique treat for your business partners and overseas visitors - “ working lunches/dinners” at sea

Check out the rates here.

Bibi Abdullah Al Ghanim

2011-05-26T10:33:00.001+03:00

Furniture Designer Bibi Abdullah Al-Ghanim specializes in creating vintage yet modern furniture using creative techniques and exhilerating fabrics.
She is the mastermind behind “Maze” furniture line at 52 Degrees has recently been featured in a renown UK interior magazine. Interior Design Today describes Maze furniture as “vintage yet modern”, an exquisite combination of words that perfectly nails the image Bibi reflects in her designs. Visit 52 Degrees multi store and take a chance to get lost in Maze furniture wonderland by award winning Bibi AlGhanim.

Hamad & Ali

2011-05-21T23:50:00.001+03:00

Hamad and Al i, two artists with a vision to explore the limits of concepts and design from around the world. With one mission, to launch a new perspective and understanding bringing these designs in the form of art and creative consultancy at your service.

Exploring one’s roots and developing a relationship with one’s home is a universal journey that usually triggers unusual reactions. When we examine the history of Kuwait, we never think to deviate from the picturesque textbook renditions we grew up with, from post-card perfect images of the beautiful Kuwait towers to visiting architectural monuments embodied by the historic dhow ships. We are always impressed and often proud yet triggering the ephemeral notion of forming a strong connection with one’s home could only be achieved by living an experience.
In Reminiscing Kuwait II, Hamad and Ali have undoubtedly triggered a series of commanding, and gently poignant, patriotic emotions often overlooked by most. Connecting with one’s home is connecting with one’s roots, the nature of life as it once was. Perhaps innocently portraying a visual reflection of the traditional classroom is alien to the youth of our modern society, yet it connects one with the idyllic and simplistic process of learning in a community. Today, this process is no longer idyllic, yet it is replaced by a series of demanding curricula and complicated requirements, isolating the youth from becoming active members of their communities.

Old downtown

Craving a Getaway?

2011-05-21T19:44:00.004+03:00

Why not? Are you sick of Kuwait's weather? Well I am.

I received a newsletter from Kuwait Airways that promoted an amazing trip to Italy with a fabulous offer. As enthusiastic as I was, I decided to go island hopping via Rome. I arranged an itinerary that included Naples, Amalfi, Positano and Capri.

Kuwait Airways

First things First

Once we landed in Rome we took a domestic flight to Naples. A car was waiting for us to take us to Amalfi Coast which was 2 hours away. We stayed at a five star hotel Santa Caterina, a late 19th century liberty style villa immersed in the beautiful scenery of the Amalfi Coast, an elegant seaside residence surrounded by the perennial blue of the Mediterranean sea.

Amalfi Coast

Secondly, Positano

So, next day we headed to the port right in the little town which is 10 minutes walking distance. The ferry wasn't on time so we decided to get some gelatos. Pistachios was my favorite but since I've been eating tons of frozen yoghurts, I decided to give it a try. Finally we got on board but my brain couldn't stop thing about one thing, mafias. Ever since I told my aunt about our trip, she kept telling us to watch out for the mafias. Old mafia movies started to play back and forth in my head. I gazed upon the spectacular views, mountains surrounding the sea and feeling the breeze going through your hair.

We arrived in Positano hungry as usual. Luckily, I had a list of best restaurants there and one of them was just facing us. Not considering our selfs as tourists, we don't even fall on that category as we hate exploring places such as museums and ruins. We love to explore restaurants, beaches and local shops. An empty table was set right in front of the boardwalk, that was ours. Focusing all our energy on breaking down the menu from starters to dessert, we were having loud discussions on who will order what and in the same time mixing olive oil and balsamic to be ready for the bread.

After settling things we finally ordered, a couple of seconds later we had an order of bruschetta that was complementary from the owner, Mr Black. Believe it or not but he said he never saw customers so intimate about their food. He invited us over to his table and we introduced ourselves. He owned half of Positano plus he has the only nightclub there. Wonder if he is a mafia? and he is! Well for one thing, it helped us when riding a cab at midnight heading to the hotel, the driver's accent was weird and he kept saying which hotel were heading to on the phone. Do you know Mr Black? We are good friends we just had dinner with him as to not mess with us.

Last stop, Capri

It started out like yesterday, gelatos and ferry. What we wanted to do is swim and eat. So being the restaurant picker, we went to Villa Verde, an authentic Italian restaurant. Once you enter there's a wall with pictures of celebrities, royalties and more. I spotted a few people I knew before going to our table. The drama began once we opened the menu and so on. Trying not to unzip our trousers, we hopped in a convertible cab straight to the beach.

Capri

Eating away

It turned out to be one of the best trips so far. Thanx to Kuwait Airways for the amazing promotion.

Chef Jean Yves visits Kuwait

2011-05-18T23:00:00.006+03:00

World- renowned French chef Jean-Yves Leuranguer winner of the “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” award(One of the Best Craftsmen of France) and Head Chef of Paris' Hotel Fouquet's Barrière comes to Kuwait.

Adjusting the heat

Astonished by Kuwait and the gastronomic dinning atmosphere, Jean -Yves visited a couple of Kuwaiti owned restaurants and was impressed with the menus, texture of food, presentations, originality and of course taste.

Jean Yves explaining the process

My friend and I were invited to cook with the chef since we are good friends of him, we arranged a kitchen in one of the hotels and started cooking.

Off with their heads

Sole reduced in oranges jus with white asparagus and turnips was the entrée followed by roasted chicken stuffed with blue cheese.

As you can see it was an interesting cooking class, scratch the nonsense xx

Chef Jean Yves enjoyed 4 restaurants;

Openflame(B+F)
Maki
Nino
Prime&Toast

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